Prostate

Definition: Prostate

Prostate

Adjective

1. Relating to the prostate gland.

Noun

1. A firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "prostate" was first used: 1646. (references)

Health

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Prostate

Depression

Overthrow, overturn, overset; upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell; cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down; raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground; trample in the dust, pull about one's ears.

Crosswords: Prostate

French (prostate).

I've got a prostate the size of a honeydew and a head full of bad memories. (Zoolander; writing credit: Drake Sather; Ben Stiller)

Have you ever had a prostate exam? (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ram�n De Espa�a)

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References

• The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Prostate Cancer (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Mayo Clinic on Prostate Health: Answers from the World-Renowned Mayo Clinic on Prostate Inflammation-Enlargement Cancer (reference)

• Techniques for Ablation of Benign and Malignant Prostate Tissue (Topics in Clinical Urology) (reference)

• Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate (reference)

• Radiotherapeutic Management of Prostate Adenocarcinoma (reference)

• Get It Out! Eliminating the Cause of Diverticulitis, Kidney Stones, Bladder Infections, Prostate Enlargement, Menopausal Discomfort, Cervical Dysplasia, PMS, and More (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Clinical Prostate Cancer (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Living with Prostate Cancer (reference)

• Prostate Cancer : A Journey of Hope (reference)

• Returning Home After Prostate Surgery (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Histological slide (H & E stain at x300) showing prostate cancer. On the right is a somewhat normal Gleason Value of 3 (out of 5) with moderately differentiated cancer. On the left is less normal tissue with a Gleason Value of 4 (out of 5) that is highly undifferentiated. The Gleason score is the sum of the two worst areas of the histological slide. Credit: Otis Brawley.

Line drawing showing lateral view of the prostate gland, rectum, bladder, penis and testis. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

This composite slide shows the Lobund-Wistar rat on the left, and on the right shows a dissection of the rat with urogenital (prostate and/or seminal vesicle) tumors. The Lobund-Wistar rat is an excellent animal model to develop prevention and treatment modalilities, such as retinoids, of urogenital cancers. Credit: Janet Stephens (photographer).

Histopathology of adenocarcinoma, prostate. Credit: CDC.

Management of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer / National Cancer Institute. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

McGill Cancer Centre Public Lecture Series 1988 : Prostate Cancer. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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Health

Inflammation of the prostate gland. (references)

A protein made only by the prostate gland. (references)

The laser energy destroys prostate tissue and causes shrinkage. (references)

Business

It is estimated that more than 100,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed each year in Argentina, and according to 1996 statistics from the Argentine Ministry of Health and Social Services, over 60 percent of all cancer cases recorded can be attributed to elders above the age of 65. As an example, seven out of ten breast cancers are discovered after the age of 50 and this is also the case concerning prostate cancer. (references)

Human Rights

Iran

He has been a frequent victim of torture in prison; he suffered a ruptured eardrum due to repeated beatings, kidney failure resulting from denial of access to toilet facilities, and an untreated prostate condition. (references)

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Expressions using "prostate": have a prostate operation ♦ of the prostate ♦ prostate cancer ♦ Prostate Enlargement ♦ prostate gland ♦ Prostate Infection ♦ prostate specific antigen ♦ stage I prostate cancer ♦ stage II prostate cancer ♦ stage III prostate cancer ♦ stage IV prostate cancer ♦ Transurethral Resection of Prostate ♦ transurethral resection of the prostate. Additional references.

Beginning with "prostate": prostate-specific, prostate-specific antigen.

Albanian

prostatë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏غدة البروتستات, ‏جرى عملية بروستات, ‏البروستات. (various references)

Bulgarian 

простата. (various references)

Chinese 

摄护腺. (various references)

Czech

bohatý (abundant, affluent, ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, extensive, exuberant, generous, lavish, moneyed, opulent, plentiful, rich, rife, voluminous, wealthy, well off). (various references)

Danish

prostata, blærehalskirtel. (various references)

Dutch

prostata, prostaat. (various references)

Farsi 

غده پروستات(prostatic=). (various references)

Finnish

eturauhanen. (various references)

French

prostate. (various references)

German

vorsteherdrüse (prostate gland), prostata (prostate gland). (various references)

Greek 

προστάτησ (patron, protector, shelterer). (various references)

Hungarian

prosztata (prostate gland). (various references)

Indonesian

prostat. (various references)

Italian

prostata. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

摂護腺 (prostate gland), 前立腺肥大症 (enlargement of the prostate), 前立腺炎 (inflammation of the prostate), 前立腺 (prostate gland). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぜ�"りつせ�"ひ� いしょう (enlargement of the prostate), ぜ�"りつせ�"え�" (inflammation of the prostate), ぜ�"りつせ�" (prostate gland), せつ�"せ�" (prostate gland). (various references)

Korean 

� �립� . (various references)

Manx

trellag phrostaitagh, prostaitagh. (various references)

Pig Latin

ostatepray

Portuguese

próstata. (various references)

Russian 

простата. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prostata. (various references)

Spanish

próstata. (various references)

Swedish

prostata, blåshalskörtel. (various references)

Turkish

prostat. (various references)

Ukrainian

простата. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "prostate": prostatectomies, prostatectomy, prostates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Prostate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Proetta, Prosafe, prostarte, prostata, prostated, prostatte, prosti, prostite, prostitu, prostitue. (additional references)

Source: the U.S. Library of Congress and various crossword puzzle references.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: esparto, patters, potters, proteas, protest, rotates, seaport, spatter, spotter, tapster, teapots, toaster.

-2 letters: aptest, oaters, operas, orates, ottars, otters, pareos, paster, pastor, paters, patter, poster, potter, prates, presto, protea, repast, repots, respot, rotate, rottes, sapote, soaper, stater, stator, stoper, tapers, tarots, taster, taters, teapot, tetras, topers, tortes, toters, trapes, treats, tropes.

-3 letters: apers.

+1 letter: operettas, pastorate, patentors, poetaster, prostates, prostrate, spectator, tetrapods.

+2 letters: pastorates, poetasters, postarrest, postmaster, prostrated, prostrates, protestant, protonates, spectators, tetraspore, tropotaxes, vaporettos, waterspout.

+3 letters: antistrophe, catastrophe, extirpators, graptolites, parotitises, paternoster, petrolatums, portamentos, postharvest, postmasters, propitiates, protectants, protestants, reputations, spatterdock, tetraploids, tetraspores, tetrasporic, transported, transportee, transporter, trapshooter, triceratops, waterspouts.

+4 letters: antistrophes, attorneyship, autotrophies, bootstrapped, catastrophes, compartments, counterparts, crepitations, decapitators, deportations, ectoparasite, expectorants, expectorates, exportations, extirpations, extrapolates, impetrations, inspectorate, interpolates, keratoplasty, operationist, orthopterans, partitioners, paternosters, penetrations, permutations, perpetrators, perpetuators, portmanteaus, portraitures, postfracture, postgraduate, postliterate, potentiators, presentation, proletariats, protestation, protoplanets, pterodactyls, repartitions, shatterproof, spatterdocks, spectatorial, spermatocyte, sportscaster, stratosphere, superpatriot, superstation, transpontine, transportees, transporters, trapshooters, trepanations, trepidations, triphosphate, tryptophanes, vituperators.